Winners of the Doras and Jessies

Awards season is in full swing, and we could not be more thrilled that a handful of our titles were nominated for the 2013 Dora Mavor Moore Awards and the Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. We're even more pleased that some of them have been named winners!

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners of the 2013 Dora Awards, including:

Jordan Tannahill who won Outstanding New Play in the Theatre for Young Audiences Division for rihannaboi95. Keep an eye out in the fall when we publish a collection of Jordan's plays, including rihannaboi95 in Age of Minority: Three Plays.

Kristen Thomson who won Outstanding New Play in the General Theatre Division for Someone Else.

Marjorie Chan who took home the Outstanding New Opera in the Musical Theatre/Opera Division for The Lesson of Da Ji.

The Little Years picked up a handful of awards for Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Performance, and Arigato, Tokyo also won for Outstanding Scenic Design.

And last but not least, congratulations to Yvette Nolan whose play, The Unplugging won the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Outstanding Original Script.

Six Questions for Colleen Murphy

Literatured recently spoke with award-winning author Colleen Murphy about her new book, The Goodnight Bird published in April.

Check out Colleen's website for more information about her upcoming works.

Joseph Jomo Pierre on Shakespeare's Nigga

When J. Kelly Nestruck of the Globe and Mail asked Joseph Jomo Pierre, author of Shakespeare’s Nigga why he felt the impulse to talk back to Othello in his play, he explained it like this:

“For myself, it’s that, beneath it all, I am a person of colour in this art world. In some ways, you feel like you are Shakespeare’s nigga. I think Othello speaks to us who feel like we’re on the sidelines. We’re the spear carriers and we don’t want to be the spear carriers.” 

Read the full interview here.

Shakespeare’s Nigga is now available from bookstores and in our online store.

PLCN at Congress, May 31 to June 4

We're heading to Victoria, BC to showcase our books at Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences from June 1 through to and including June 4. Stop by booth 16 and 17 to get fabulous deals on newly published titles and old favourites. Some of our newly released titles include Michael Healey's Proud, Daniel MacIvor's The Best Brothers, Colleen Murphy's The Goodnight Bird, Don Hannah's The Cave Painter & The Woodcutter, Joseph Jomo Pierre's Shakespeare's Nigga, Florence Gibson MacDonald's How Do I Love Thee?, and more!

Please note the office will be closed from May 31 to June 7, and will reopen June 10. Any orders placed in our online store will be processed when we return.

Donna-Michelle Receives the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award

Congratulations to Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, author of Gas Girls, who is among the seven artists to be honoured with the Canada Council's 2013 Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award!

This Is War Awarded Best Canadian Play

Hannah Moscovitch's This Is War picked up the 2013 Toronto Theatre Critics' Award for Best Canadian Play. Keep an eye out for the book to be published this fall!

Check out the Globe and Mail for a full list of winners.      

The Unplugging Nominated for Outstanding Original Script

The Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominees were recently announced, and we're thrilled that Yvette Nolan's The Unplugging has been nominated for Outstanding Original Script in the Theatre for Young Audiences category!
And just in time for the book's publication in June! 

Check out the full list of nominees: http://www.jessies.ca/